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Color postcard (14 x 9 cm) with a bird's eye view of Capitol Avenue looking west, northwest from 17th & Capitol Streets, Omaha, Nebraska. The view shows a tree-lined median running up the center of Capitol Avenue with a sidewalk in the middle. Seen on the left side of the image is a home and Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. At the top of Capitol Avenue is the Omaha High School with the old Omaha High towering behind. In this image the bell tower of the old Omaha High School is seen on the location of the former Nebraska Territorial Capitol. On the right side of the image are other homes and buildings and the bell tower for First Methodist seen on the horizon located on the southeast corner of 20th & Davenport Street. There is an ink notation by the church tower "M. E. Church" and also "High School" over the school. Postmark on the reverse side of the card is July 6, 1909 over a one cent postage stamp featuring the image of Benjamin Franklin in profile. The postcard is addressed to Mr. Fred Billings, Vermillion, Kans., and includes a handwritten message.

Capitol Avenue runs east and west in downtown Omaha. This street was so named because it was the main approach to the old Nebraska territorial capitol building which was located at the top of the hill at 20th & Capitol. The site of the Capitol became the site of Omaha High School, currently Central High School. Source: Brick, H. Ben. The Streets of Omaha: Their Origins and Changes, Omaha: Omaha Public Library, 1997, p. 74